What temperature do you think the pond will have? If it is very much new
spring water, enough for a waterfall, and you are in the mountains with
trout farms around, I think the water may be too cold for koi and gold fish.
They need to have a minimum of 50 degrees and even better 60 degrees for
their immune system to function. If it is going to be colder than that,
then I would look for a cold water fish.
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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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"John Hines" wrote in message
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"Gareee?" wrote:

There are actually 4 watersources.. one runoff overflow, one spring,
and
then below the pond, two more springs.

From what we've seen in the last 7 months, the springs never dry up..
and
never did many years ago, because if used to be part of a farm the used
the
springs as water sources for the animals...

What is the water temp? If it is low enough, grow trout!

Koi like deep water, as long as you can make your pool deep enough for
them, you should be ok

I really didn't have my heart set on Koi, but some kinda fish would be
nice.

.Actually, there are many trout farms nearby.. but don't they need a
larger
pond? I'm thinking 10' by 15" or so... could be larger, and from
experience,
larger is what you want next year...Might make it as much as 4-5 feet
deep..
the grader will dig it out for me!

I might add a small waterfall at the runoff (the land is slightly
sloped..)
and this is spring fed mountain water, pretty cold...


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